Functions Flashcards

1
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Nastrals

A

Warm air on inhalation a and removes moisture on exhalation. Also openings

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2
Q

Bronchi

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Are the main passage way into the lungs that supply the lungs with air

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3
Q

Alveoli

A

Assist in oxygen and CO2 change

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4
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Pharynx

A

To transfer food from the mouth to the esophagus and to warm moisten and filter air

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5
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Esophagus

A

To carry food, liquids and saliva from the mouth to the stomach

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6
Q

Epiglottis

A

A flap that prevents food and water from going down the lungs

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7
Q

Left lung

A

oxygenating the left side of ur brain helps oxygenate from the air breath to are red cells and take out the co2 when we breathe out

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8
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Blood vessel

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Oxygenating the left side of your brain and carries blood away from it to the heart

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9
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Capillaries

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Carries blood provides oxygen and nutrients to the skin and tissues (high in co2)

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10
Q

Rib cage

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Protects the vital organs and blood vessels

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11
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Bronchioles

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Tiny air ways that carry oxygen to the alveoli and helps stabilize breathing

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12
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Trachea windpipe

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Keeps lungs clean, provides air flow to and from the lungs and a passage of air to the bronchi

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13
Q

Larynx vocal box

A

It allows air to be directed into respiration organs for gas exchange

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14
Q

Diaphragm muscle membrane

A

Separated chest cavity from abdomen. Responsible for breathing sneezing and coughing

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15
Q

The muscles attached to these bones aid in breathing

A

Ribs

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16
Q

The back of the throat located just above the larynx

A

Pharynx

17
Q

Location of the vocal cords

A

Larnyx

18
Q

During exhalation the chest cavity ——- in size

A

Decreases

19
Q

The movement of air into and out of the lungs

A

Breathing

20
Q

The two structures inside the chest cavity shock expand when filled with air

A

Lungs

21
Q

Warms and cleans air moving into the body

A

Nasal cavity

22
Q

This gas is a waste product of cells and is removed from the during exhalation

A

Carbon dioxide

23
Q

A flap that covers the opening to the trachea during swallowing

A

Epiglottis

24
Q

Tube that carries air from the mouth to the lungs

A

Trachea

25
Q

The two tubes that the trachea branches into in order to ventilate each lung

A

Bronchi

26
Q

Tiny vessels often 1 cell in diameter which surround the Alveoli

A

Capillaries

27
Q

During inhalation the chest cavity —– in size

A

Increases

28
Q

Tiny sac in the lungs that are the site of gas exchange with the blood

A

Alveoli

29
Q

The process of taking oxygen into the body and releasing carbon dioxide

A

Respiration

30
Q

This has is needed by the cells of the body for their proper function

A

Oxygen

31
Q

Narrow, branching tubes in the lungs that lead to the alveoli

A

Bronchioles

32
Q

A sheet of muscle stretching across the bottom of the chest cavity which is responsible for inhalation and exhalation

A

Diaphragm

33
Q

Openings to the nasal cavity

A

Nostrils

34
Q

Nasal cavity

A

It moistens warms cleans and smells air.